The Israel Cabinet, at its meeting today, adopted a resolution asking Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion to send, on behalf of the Israel Government, a message of greetings to Louis Lipsky, veteran American Zionist leader, in connection with his 85th birthday.
Premier Ben-Gurion, speaking at the Cabinet session, paid warm tribute to Mr. Lip-sky. He called him “a veteran of veterans of the Zionist movement” and “one of the first Zionists in the United States.”
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